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Carrie Marshall

Apple Maps’ free upgrade could finally see it catch up with Google

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While Apple's Maps app on the iPhone is very similar to Google Maps, there are still some key differences and features that Google offers but that Apple doesn't. But a new report suggests that with the launch of iOS 18 later this year, Maps may be closing the Google gap in one key area.

At the moment, Apple doesn't have an equivalent to Google's Custom Routes feature, which enables you to add your own routes. But according to MacRumors, something similar appears to be coming to Apple Maps: code inspected by the site from iOS 18 has a marker for custom route creation.

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